Happy World Water Day!
We often take our clean water for granted. Can you imagine having to walk for hours each day to collect dirty drinking water? We can't. Unfortunately, 750 million people in the world do just that.
But together we can change that- and, in fact, with your help we already have.
Since 2012, we have invested in constructing and repairing water systems throughout the Tembaro district in Southern Ethiopia. We believe that by the end of 2019- in parternship with the local water department- the percent of access to water coverage of the area will have increased from 40% to over 80-85% (follow-up survey to be conducted). What an amazing accomplishment! Think of all of the girls and women in Tembaro who no longer have the burden of water collection and can go to school, start small business and pursue their dreams. Thank you! You made that happen.
But our work is not done. In addition to new water projects in Tembaro, over the next several years we will expand to other areas of Kembata-Tembaro Zone as well as in the Hadiya Zone. And we cannot do this without you. In honor of World Water Day, please consider making a generous donation in support of our water programs.
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Water for Farsuma
Alemitu rises in the morning, readying herself for a day split between caring for her six children and walking for water. Alemitu’s husband works as a plumber, which leaves her to make the two-hour round trip to the nearest river in order to collect water to cook, drink, and clean. This trip must be made at least twice a day.
WEEMA built Farsuma Water Project to provide water to the community where Alemitu lives with her family, 15 kilometers away from Mudula. Alemitu expresses how the water project has transformed her life; “Now I can get water any time to wash clothes, clean my house and bathe my children.”
Her husband, Abraham, is joyous that his family finally has access to potable water, and his wife no longer spends hours carrying heavy jerrycans. “Water was the main problem of this community, especially clean drinking water. People and children used to get sick from river water, but thanks to WEEMA International that is no longer a problem we face.”
A commitment to providing clean water was the foundation of WEEMA International. Farsuma is one example of our continued work to respond to and support the communities' needs!
